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Stanley_4
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Sonos Era 300 placement for surround

I’d say place the 300s for optimum TV sound and add a stereo pair positioned to work for sitting at the table, or a Five if you can’t find p...
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Two independent systems

I have two SONOS systems. I would like to set them up to operate independently of each other. How do I do that?
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Arc Placement

Updated 9/14/23 to include Era 300’s as surrounds (which have upward firing drivers) that replaced Sonos One’s. All other information and gu...
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WhistlerEnthusiast II
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Toggle Spatial Audio from Now Playing screen

At this moment not every song in Spatial Audio (Dolby Atmos) is an improvement over the original to say the least, it would be great if we could toggle it on/off from the now playing screen (or at least with fever clicks) rather than having to go deep into the menu each time. 

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11 months ago
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Santdasani
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Sorround Settings TV/Music Level

Hi Could someone please explain the most effective use of TV/Music Level settings - What they mean and the most optimal settings for these.  

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Stanley_4
11 months ago
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dwhite4245Contributor I
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poor wifi signal on playbar

Hi, I have a sonos home theatre system using a playbar, sub ans two play:1’s. It has been working fine for several years until last week when the playbar suddenly reports a weak connection to wifi causing the system to drop out.I know the the wifi signal in my lounge is great everywhere and especially where the playar is as the tv, blueray and sky boxes have strong wifi connections. I’m suspicious that the playbar wifi receiver is failing so I have obtained a wifi repeater to make sure the platbar is getting a very strong signal. The playbar seems to prefer to connect to my router’s wifi rather than the repeater’s though. I find the sonos app really poor for configuration as it decides for itself what to connect to not giving the user any control. Any suggestion?

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Ken_Griffiths
11 months ago
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Mark EGContributor I
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Best position for my Beam

I am contemplating changing my LED TV which is located on a TV cabinet for a projector which would be mounted from the Ceiling.This would mean repositioning my Beam due to no longer using a cabinet which is located on the floor.Can the Beam be mounted on a separate wall to that of the projector and the projector screen and slightly out of view to the seating ? or does it need to be mounted on the same wall as the screen ?

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Airgetlam
11 months ago
BOL74
BOL74Avid Contributor I
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Ray as surround

Back again with my questions….and today it goes like this:  There was a little bird flying pass my ears who mention something bout the Sonos Ray could be used as a surround-speaker and intentionally it could be placed in a vertical position. And that somehow COULD produce the “missing” up-fireing speaker in a Beam G2/Arc config. Of course you need two Ray’s like any other surround-speaker if you wondered.Is this possible?

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BOL74
11 months ago
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Macca58Contributor I
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Controlling volume on Sonos Playbar

Can Sonos Playbar volume be controlled with an Amazon Firestick? I suspect not because the stick is Bluetooth and the Playbar isn’t, but I thought that as the stick controls TV volume and the Playbar is connected to the TV, then there should be a way around it. I’ve also asked on the Amazon forum

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Airgetlam
11 months ago
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AlleddieContributor I
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Should i buy Sonos Boost or Sonos 100 SL

So Ive been having issues where my sound cuts in and out on  my 300s when paired with my arc and sub in stereo mode.   It was recommended to me by someone who works at best buy to buy a sonos boost and that should fix the connectivity issue.  I later read online that if you plug in a speaker to the router itll do the same.  So Im wondering whats going to work the best.

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Corry P
11 months ago
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Steve on the CapeContributor I
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here’s why I think i need a remote for my beam 2

For late night listening, or for improved hearing needs, I have wireless headphones which connect to the TV via optical, and an optical out (converted to hdmi) to the beam. Since there is no hdmi to the beam via the hdmi/arc port, I can’t program my remote to work. So, I’ve ordered a simple remote to control the volume on the beam. Yes, perhaps I can control the volume via the sonos app, but that requires even visitors to have access to my phone - here or asleep or not. 

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106rallye
11 months ago
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theitaljobContributor I
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ONE SL connected to Beam 2

Good Morning,If I may, I have just a question:If I connect 2 ONE SL as surround speakers to my Sonos Beam (Gen 2), overall could work with Dolby Atmos or will work just on 5.1?Thanks

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106rallye
11 months ago
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electrosim2001Trending Lyricist I
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Sony Bravia KD 50X72K with arc HDMI and SKY Q

I have bought a Sony TV for the kitchen and as it has a pretty decent picture I thought I might add a Ray. The TV has only ‘arc HDMI’ or optical out,  so I wondered whether there might be a lip sync problem when feeding the audio from my SKY Q box ‘via’ the TV.I previously did have a lip sync problem with a similarly arc equipped Samsung TV and Beam. The audio from the SKY Q satellite box was slightly delayed ( lip sync problem ) but TV apps’ audio, direct from the TV into the Beam was fine.  Thanks in anticipation…..Tom

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Simone momoContributor I
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system configuration

Hi!i’ve a playbar, a sub and 4 play one speakers.The playbar is connected to my Sony tv with optical cable because The playbar doesn’t have arc input.i’ve created my sourround system room with sub, soundbar under tv and 2 play one on my back. In order to add the other 2 play one as left & right channels i’ve created a new room and i’ve made a Group with the two rooms.The PROBLEM is that when i turn up and down the volume using the remote control of my tv the play one L&R doesn’t change the volume.is it possible to connect the L&R speakers in the same room of sourrond system?  kind regardssimone

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106rallye
11 months ago
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Steve StaceyAvid Contributor III
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Sound loss

Hi Had the Arc for a few months now. (Linked to 2019 Sony Bravia) Until recently we were able to get clear sound with tv volume on about 15, but now we have to increase to about 40.  Have the bass on 6 and treble on 4. (Someone on here suggested these settings) Have also done the Trueplay tuning a few times.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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11 months ago
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PHydeTrending Lyricist I
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Google Assistant

Tried to move my Google assistant from the Ones to my Beam gen2 and it didnt install removed it from the Ones and tried to add. Now it doesn’t show the assistant for even the Ones. 

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106rallye
11 months ago
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RalphybabyContributor I
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Add Sonos speakers to LG Wallpaper TV soundbar

Guys, we own an LG OLED65W9PLA wallpaper TV but are not impressed with the sound we are getting from the LG soundbar. The wallpaper TV is 3mm thick (or so) and therefore all the connections are built into an external device that also houses the speakers and Dolby Atmos system (the “connection bar”). We run the TV in a large room (something like 80 sqm) that opens up open plan style into an entrance area and a corridor. The floor is entirely stone tiles with two large carpets, but acoustically I think this environment is a challenge. We have not really been satisfied with the sound we are getting from the speakers in the LG connection bar and are thinking of replacing it with a Sonos system. However, as the LG soundbar also functions as the external domain for the TV electronics and connections, we cannot physically remove it and replace it with a Sonos soundbar - it would need to stay.We are thinking of installing some solution involving the Arc soundbar, one of the “immersive sets”. S

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11 months ago
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Hard ChargerContributor I
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Onkyo TX-rz740 to Sonos Connect 2 for TV sound in second location

Hi all,I’m tryIng to use the Onkyo / Sonos connection to send sound from a TV to another room. The Onkyo and Sonos networks are connected via WiFi, hard wiring is not an option. While I can configure the system to play back the TV output sound from the Onkyo to Sonos Connect 2 and then to Sonos Play 1 speakers, there is one problem. There’s a transmission delay built in, causing the sound in room 2 to be about 0,7 seconds behind the source room. It sounds like a stadium PA to put it charitably. I have been told this is a digital delay (buffering) built into the system. Understandable, but drives me mad. This transmission delay only exists with sound from the TV (Sony 4K using HDMI Arc connnection to the Onkyo receiver). CDs, DVDs and LPs(!) all work fine. Ditto streaming & internet radio services.On a previous (Onkyo) receiver I used the Tape In / Tape Out analog ports and had no difficulties with this. Anybody have a nice hack? The next step is to run cable and hardwire a differen

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11 months ago
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thaohoang
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Sonos beam Gen 1 HDMI doesnt work

HiI invested Sonos Beam Gen 1 one year ago for my PC (I use a sound card to connect beam with my PC). It worked smoothly for 3 months and after it doesn’t work anymore. I thought maybe the soundcard had a problem but I tried another and it had no sound coming out of the Beam. I tried to change Sonos optical audio adapter but it gave me the same results as previous attempts. I don’t know what is happening with my Beam.  

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Corry P
11 months ago
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LorentzzzContributor I
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Ray support on an older Samsung TV 3D LED 46" UE46C7000WP

My Ray doesn’t seem to work with a Samsung TV 3D LED 46" UE46C7000WP. The tv doesn’t have the same optical audio plug of the ray (TOSLINK) but rather a mini TOSLINK, so I bought an adapter on Amazon but the Ray won’t work still. I have tried to play with settings (and of course selected external audio on the TV) but it won’t play still.The ray works with airplay on my Apple TV so that’s definitely not the problem. Any idea how to fix? Is is the tv too old (I guess it’s about 10 years old)Thanks!

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cch11Contributor I
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Sonos + The Frame + Sony turntable

Hi, I’m having in mind using Sonos Ray along with my The Frame TV (digital optical connection) and in the same room there will be Sonos Five connected to Sony turntable via 3.5mm port. Given the presence of both speakers in the room, I would want to use both Five and Ray on a basis of Sonos app for both TV and turntable. Do you see any issues with this setup?Note: I know that this is not an ideal home theater solution, but that is not the plan here - we have projector in another room which serves as our home theater and there we will go for more typical setup (Arc etc.). Also, there are some limitations in terms of interior design which prevent us using anything else than Ray.  i

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11 months ago
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RidgemanContributor I
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Lip Sync Playbase issue but only with BBC

I know this is weird but its also real and annoying. Since since up  There was an issue with lip sync.  Part of the problem was I have lip sync “changers” on my Sky Q box, my television and the sonos app.Last night I had to take this in hand and try to sort it.  I put all three lip sync changers back to zero and concentrated on only using the TV one.   In short it sort of worked.  Every channel is now OK apart from BBC1 which is out of sync.  I cannot understand how a single channel can be acting differently to all the others.  Trouble is we watch BBC1 quite a bit.Anybody know a solution?

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UKMedia
11 months ago
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Kumar
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Working of HDMI ARC

Questions on HDMI ARCIn moving around some old but excellent Panasonic TVs, including a plasma, I found that the headphone jack of the high end plasma from 2011 does not cut out TV speakers when active speakers are wired to it. A later 2018 budget Panasonic TV did just that and I was able to use just the Firestick remote to control sound levels from the external speakers with the TV speakers bypassed, therefore silent. By using the headphone jack on that budget TV. A lot of googling teaches that this 2011 behaviour is normal for Panasonic and not to be defeated.Now, on the 2011 plasma, I have to dial down the TV speakers to zero and bump up the volume on the active speakers via their controls. Clunky, but two remotes now needed because the addition of the TV speakers degrades the overall sound quality. On the other hand, the plasma of 2011, has 4 HDMI inputs, of which one - HDMI 2 - is said to be HDMI ARC. Not “e Arc”, just ARC.Questions now: if I wire a Atmos capable Firestick to HDMI

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Bully357Contributor I
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multi room in same room (ARC AMP)

Hello, I currently don’t have sonos system and i am watching for the best system for my needs so i read about each systems.. i have a room to watch the TV, in this room (if i go with sonos) i will put:ARC 2x ERA 100 as surround SUB But just behind this « room » i have the dinning room in the same physical room, where i want to put 4x Focal 300 ICW8 speakers (with sonos AMP) During the parties i want to play music from youtube in the whole room, so ARC and AMP grouped I know that with sonos system there is a delay when the ARC HDMI is used as source and when the arc is grouped with another rooms (because speakers directly link to the arc need to be fast and responsive, but for the multiroom it require some latency for perfect synchronisation) So, i am asking if it is possible or not to add a audio delay, to force the audio synchronisation of grouped rooms and loose the video synchronisation? Typically for listening youtube videos from the TV it’s not very important if video is not synce

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Ken_Griffiths
11 months ago
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RadicalContributor I
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using non smart Samsung tv with beam

Using a Non smart Samsung tv and beam. Volume control doesn’t work on Samsung remote control when connected via optical method. 

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11 months ago
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Cocode mContributor II
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emplacement des enceintes

Je possède une barre de son beam 2 et une enceinte era 300. Je souhaite surtout écouter de la musique en streaming et aussi améliorer le son de la TV sans pour autant rechercher à tout prix l'effet surround. Ou dois je placer l'enceinte era 300 à côté de la TV ou à l'arrière ? Merci

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Ken_Griffiths
11 months ago
BOL74
BOL74Avid Contributor I
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What sub to choose

Hi all Good PeopleIn here i have an opertunety to bother all of you with all sorts of questions,so you just need to deal with me🤣🤣🤣.Still struggeling with my livingroom on my 1.floor. I have some Ikea BookShelf(BS) in the corners behind the sofa. Still seach for a soundbar,but most likely it’s gonna be a Ray or a Playbase. Then my wonder will be…..what sub would i seach for.I am a person who find good deals….used,outlet or new.I have not heard the Sub Mini play in real life,but i got a couple of Gen3’s.For me my choice depending on the price of the unit. A new Mini is $470,outlet is $400 and used(secound hand) $385-ishGen3 is $840 new,$720 on outlet and $650 used.Gen2 is normally $450-$550 used,but hard to get in white.So for me it makes the most sense to get a Gen3 from Outlet,and it justefy the $ extra from a Sub Mini.But even the Sub Mini is cheeper,it seems to hold up with the Gen3 pretty good. I’m not getting into spec and so on,but i belive there’s discovered that the Mini got

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BOL74
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MemALContributor I
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setting up home theater

Hi. I’m moving. At my current tv location I have a beam bonded with two ones and a sub. At my new location it had wired passive speakers as ceiling rears and wiring for front speakers. I’ve bought a Sonos amp and trying to determine the best combo. Can I blend my current Sonos setup with the passive speakers using the amp? If so, any recommended setups? 

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